The Obama administration is wading into another eurozone standoff, urging major European nations and Greece’s new government to end their impasse. In 2010, and again in 2012, Mr. Obama and top officials in his administration worried that Greece’s debt woes could fracture the eurozone, knock down an already weak global economy and restrain a U.S. expansion. Read More »

It’s a number so big that it immediately commands attention: $57 trillion. That’s how much debt – comprising government, households and the private sector – has been added to the global total since the financial crisis, according to a new report from the research firm McKinsey & Co. Read More »

From China to Europe to the U.S. to the emerging markets, there is an unusually heavy amount of conflicting data this year, and that’s to say nothing of the political crises in the Ukraine and Malaysia and elsewhere.

Where are the opportunities for investors? Joseph Tanious, global market strategist of J.P. Morgan Asset Management, stopped by the MoneyBeat desk this morning to share his thoughts on where investors can find the best returns on their money. Read More »

It’s easy for U.S. investors to understand how events in the Middle East or policy changes at the Federal Reserve affect them.

It’s harder to understand how the slide in India’s rupee affects them, but prudent investors need to keep a close eye on emerging markets. These are not economic backwaters anymore, and in an electronic, interconnected world, their troubles can easily become our troubles. Read More »